The Truth About the Chamber of Secrets

Salazar Slytherin built it under Hogwarts as a private HQ.

“Heir” would use a beast to purge Muggle-borns.

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The Chamber housed a basilisk—deadly by gaze or fang.

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Only a Parselmouth heir can open the Chamber and command the basilisk.

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Riddle’s first attempt expelled Hagrid, but school sealed it.

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1992: messages, petrifications—and Potter hears the snake.

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Tom’s diary—his Horcrux—controlled Ginny to reopen the Chamber.

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Harry slays the basilisk and destroys the diary—saving Hogwarts.

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The physical Chamber remains—sealed but intact.

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Prejudice, power & legacy—Chamber warns us: hidden hatred harms all.

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